- This event has passed.
Incorporating GenAI Into the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
May 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Join us for the latest session in our ASPPH Presents webinar series: Incorporating GenAI into the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The session explored innovative ways that Generative AI (GenAI) technologies can be thoughtfully integrated into the classroom to enhance student engagement, develop critical skills, and support evidence-based learning in public health education.
Dr. Amie Patchen, a lecturer with Cornell University’s Public Health Program, presented a practical strategy for teaching evidence-based writing using a color-coding framework that helps students critically analyze complex public health interactions, which is a method proven effective even in the era of GenAI tools like ChatGPT.
Dr. Jon Zaccarini shared how the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health redesigned a key writing assignment within the Advanced MPH Online (AMPH) program by integrating ChatGPT as a reflective learning tool, encouraging students to assess AI-generated content using the SAMR technology integration model.
This session offers concrete examples of how emerging technologies can be leveraged to support student-centered learning, critical thinking, public health communication skills, and prepare students for a tech-enabled workforce.
MODERATOR
Dr. Ashish Joshi is a Dean and Distinguished University Professor of the School of Public Health of the University of Memphis. He is an innovator, entrepreneur, educator, researcher, administrator, and mentor and brings with him diverse experience of working across 12 countries, engaging community-based organizations, academic and other institutions, government agencies, policy-makers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds.
PANELISTS
Dr. Amie Patchen is a Lecturer with Cornell’s Public Health Program in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Concentration Chief for the Public Health Program’s concentration in Environment, Climate, and Health. She teaches core courses for MPH students focused on the foundations of public health, One Health, systems thinking, evidence-based writing, health equity, and addressing complex problems to improve human and ecosystem health.
Dr. Jonathan Zaccarini is a Digital Learning Support Specialist at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Zaccarini’s research area of interest focuses on how students use communication technology to perceive the presence of their peers in online degree programs, which was shaped by his experience as a doctoral student in education and technology. Dr. Zaccarini is an experienced remote educator and is responsible for the formatting, editing, and preparation of online learning content for the Advanced Online MPH. This involves the creation of resources on integrating technology in education.